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        <h1 class="page-title"><span class="title-image"></span> Privacy Policy</h1>
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        <p>Effective May 31, 2013</p>
        <h3>Our Commitment to Privacy</h3>
        <p>SpotsHUB is committed to the protection of privacy, confidentiality, security, and accuracy of your personal information. This privacy policy is a statement of principles and guidelines outlining our practices regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of your personal information. This privacy policy applies to all services, websites, and all other channels in which SpotsHUB collects and controls your personal information. In this policy, “personal information” is the information about you that allows someone to identify or contact you, such as your name, user account number, address, telephone number, and email address, which has been submitted via our website.</p>
        <h3>Consent</h3>
        <p>By using the SpotsHUB website, you agree to the terms and conditions of this privacy policy. By providing any information on SpotsHUB website, you expressly consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of that information according to this privacy policy.</p>
        <p>SpotsHUB reserves the right to modify or amend this privacy policy at any time. Any changes to this policy will be announced by means of a notice on our website and/or by email to all current registered users of SpotsHUB. We encourage you to periodically review this entire privacy policy and any changes thereto before providing information to SpotsHUB through this website. Continued use of service represents your acceptance of the terms of the privacy policy. Each version of our privacy policy will be indicated by a reference to its effective date at the beginning. You may refuse or withdraw your consent to our use and disclosure policies at any time by sending an email to <a href="mailto:info@spotshub.com">info@spotshub.com</a>.</p>
        <p>In addition, SpotsHUB may collect, use, or disclose personal information without your knowledge or consent in the case of emergency, when required to collect a debt you owe to us, to comply with a legally permitted inquiry by a government agency, or to comply with court order.</p>
        <h3>Collection of Information</h3>
        <p>We may collect the following information on the SpotsHUB website, in order to serve you better. This information may include:</p>
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            <li>Your name, postal address, phone number, and email address</li>
            <li>Your gender and date of birth</li>
            <li>Your credit card number</li>
            <li>Your interest, opinions, and individual preferences</li>
            <li>Names of people to whom purchases/packages have been shipped, including addresses and telephone numbers</li>
            <li>Use of technology such as your IP address, referral website, browser type, and navigation on the website</li>
            <li>Any other information that you may voluntarily share on SpotsHUB</li>
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        <h3>Purpose of Collection of Information</h3>
        <p>We use your personal information for one of following purposes:</p>
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            <li>to understand and analyze your individual responses, needs, and preferences</li>
            <li>to customize, measure, and improve our website or customer services</li>
            <li>to develop, enhance and/or provide products and services to meet those needs</li>
            <li>to establish customer eligibility and/or to provide you with information on promotional offers, events, and contests</li>
            <li>to troubleshoot any problems</li>
            <li>to protect against error and fraud</li>
            <li>to meet legal and regulatory requirements</li>
            <li>to manage your accounts and accurately process all transactions</li>
            <li>to fulfill other purposes for which SpotsHUB has obtained your consent</li>
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        <h3>Disclosure of Personal Information</h3>
        <p>We may provide your personal information to trusted third party service providers, who provide services on our behalf. We will only provide those third parties with the information they need to provide the relevant services and we will use contractual means to ensure that your personal information is used in a manner that is consistent with this privacy policy.</p>
        <p>We reserve the right to disclose your personal information as required by law, in response to legal process and law enforcement requests where SpotsHUB has reasonable grounds to believe the information could be useful in the investigation of unlawful activities or to comply with a warrant or court order. We may also release your personal information when we believe release is appropriate to protect ours and others rights, property or safety as in cases of emergency or danger.</p>
        <h3>Retention of Personal Information</h3>
        <p>Except as otherwise permitted by law, SpotsHUB will retain your information only as long as it remains necessary or relevant and to comply with our legal obligations and protect our rights and property. We maintain reasonable retention standard practices and all personal information that is no longer needed will be disposed of or destroyed with care to prevent unauthorized access.</p>
        <h3>Change in Corporate Structure</h3>
        <p>In the event SpotsHUB goes through a business transition such as sale of its assets or acquisition by another company, that company will possess your collected personal information collected by us will assume the rights and obligations regarding your information as described in this privacy policy.</p>
        <h3>Cookies</h3>
        <p>SpotsHUB uses cookies to improve the quality of service and help tailor information to suit your individual preferences. A cookie is a piece of data transferred to and stored on the hard drive of your computer or other device that uniquely identifies your browser. Cookies enhance the convenience and use of the SpotsHUB website. They keep a record of your preferences to make your subsequent visits to the site more efficient.</p>
        <p>When your computer accepts a cookie it does not provide us with access to your computer or any personal information about you other than the information you choose to provide to us. Many browsers allow you to disable and remove cookie collection from your computer hard drive or inform you or block when a cookie is being stored.</p>
        <p>You should note, however, that if you block or turn off cookies, some of the functions of SpotsHUB’s website will not be available and our ability to personalize your experience will be limited.</p>
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            <h3>Access to Personal Information</h3>
            <p>SpotsHUB will ensure that the personal information it collects is as complete, up-to-date, and accurate as necessary for the identified purposes. Upon written request to <a href="mailto:info@spotshub.com">info@spotshub.com</a>, subject to certain exceptions as provided by the applicable legislation, and provided we can authenticate your identity, SpotsHUB will inform you of retention, use, and disclosure of your personal information and will provide you with access to your collected personal information.</p>
            <p>You may request in writing to correct, update, or delete any inaccuracy or incompleteness of your personal information that you have provided to SpotsHUB and we will promptly make the necessary corrections where appropriate. If you have created an account on SpotsHUB website, you can access and make any necessary changes to your online account profile by yourself.</p>
            <h3>Security and Safeguards</h3>
            <p>We are committed and have implemented all the appropriate security measures to protect and safeguard your personal information against loss, misuse, unauthorized access, and alteration. We employ a variety of industry standard security techniques to help protect your personal information.</p>
            <p>These include internal reviews of our data collection, storage, processing practices, and security measures. Our website uses encryption technology and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) in all areas where your personal and account information is required. SSL is the industry standard for secure online commerce transactions. It prevents your personal information from being read by someone else as it travels across the Internet. In addition, your personal information and transaction history are stored behind a secure firewall on separate, limited-access servers, which are physically located in secure data facilities to further increase security. All transaction information is processed under encrypted channels. SpotsHUB’s authorized employees with access to personal information will be contractually required to maintain the security and keep the information confidential.</p>
            <p>While we employ reasonable efforts to safeguard your personal information, we cannot ensure or guarantee the security of any information transmitted using the Internet, third party digital networks, websites, mobile devices, or any social media platform and cannot be responsible for the action of any third parties that may receive any such information.</p>
            <h3>Third Party Website</h3>
            <p>SpotsHUB’s website may contain links to other websites managed by third parties which are provided solely for your convenience. Once you link to another site, you are subject to the privacy policies of that site. We are not responsible or liable for the collection, use, and disclosure of your personal information by third party websites. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of the websites that you visit.</p>
            <h3>Email Communication</h3>
            <p>If you no longer wish to receive our newsletter and promotional offers via email, you will have the opportunity to opt out by following the “Unsubscribe” instructions provided in the email.</p>
            <p>For any email communication between you and SpotsHUB, we will retain and collect any information contained in such an email and treat the personal information in it in accordance with this privacy policy. You agree that any comments and any email we receive become our property.</p>
            <h3>Contests</h3>
            <p>When you provide us with personal information in connection with a contest, we will only use that information to administer the contest and contact you if you win. All contests are subject to this privacy policy and the terms and conditions that will be available with each particular contest. Some contests may involve third parties or other sponsors. If you enter a contest sponsored by a third party, it is subject to the privacy policy of the third party. It is always recommended that you read the contest rules, terms, and conditions carefully before entering any contest.</p>
            <h3>Minors</h3>
            <p>We do not knowingly collect personal information from individuals under the age of 19. Individuals under the age of 19 should not use the SpotsHUB website without the consent of a parent or guardian.</p>
            <h3>Information Security</h3>
            <p>We work to keep your information secure by using a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) software, which encrypts information that you enter. We suggest that you keep your account and password information in a safe place to prevent unauthorized access to the website.</p>
            <h3>Contact Us</h3>
            <p>If you have any questions or concerns regarding this privacy policy, please contact us at <a href="mailto:info@spotshub.com">info@spotshub.com</a>.</p>
            <p>SpotsHUB will respond to all requests within 30 days from the date we receive your query.</p>
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